For the benefit of those who may not be aware of it, regular Caturday participants domari and cretinbob run Little Mews Rescue, an all volunteer, non profit, no kill cat shelter in upstate NY. They rely strictly on donations, and often cover needed expenses out of their own pocket. These people have saved countless animals, even going so far as to take cats off of "death row" to save them from being euthanized.

Now you have a chance to help them, and it won't cost you a penny! All we ask you to do is click the link, search for Juno (who lives with Caturday regular predle) and vote for her. If she wins, Little Mews will receive $4,500 to assist them in continuing their good work. You can vote once a day until the contest ends, and don't forget to tell all your animal loving family members, coworkers, and facebook friends to do the same.

The Power of CaturdayTM has been able accomplish some amazing things in the past, and I have no doubt that with everyone's help, we CAN make this happen. Thanks to all in advance, and now, on with the show....

For the benefit of those who may not be aware of it, regular Caturday participants domari and cretinbob run Little Mews Rescue, an all volunteer, non profit, no kill cat shelter in upstate NY. They rely strictly on donations, and often cover needed expenses out of their own pocket. These people have saved countless animals, even going so far as to take cats off of "death row" to save them from being euthanized.

Now you have a chance to help them, and it won't cost you a penny! All we ask you to do is click the link, search for Juno (who lives with Caturday regular predle) and vote for her. If she wins, Little Mews will receive $4,500 to assist them in continuing their good work. You can vote once a day until the contest ends, and don't forget to tell all your animal loving family members, coworkers, and facebook friends to do the same.

The Power of CaturdayTM has been able accomplish some amazing things in the past, and I have no doubt that with everyone's help, we CAN make this happen. Thanks to all in advance, and now, on with the show....

I voted too! I'll keep on voting as long as this is open, I appreciate what you two do for kitties!

Now for my feel good kitty story. About a week ago my ex wrote me (we get along fine, we had lots of kitties together, she gave Snuffy his name) about a cat that she was feeding. This cat was trying to get into her apartment, it was obviously looking for more than just the food she was putting out for it. She was wondering if I knew of anyone who might want a cat (hint hint - me). She said she couldn't afford it and she wondered how it would do with her cat. I hated to tell her that I didn't and we couldn't, especially us as our four are just settling back into the routine after Sammy passed earlier this year. Well, she wrote back this week. She'd taken the cat in and taken it to the vets. Turns out the cat was chipped! Kiki cat has been missing since December! He (she?) was reunited with his family after all this time! To get to my ex's apartment from where he came from (turns out they live on the same street we did right after we got married) meant crossing railroad tracks, a good sized creek and a couple of very busy roads. My lesson from this story? Jack, Cisco and Desi have an appointment to get chipped tomorrow afternoon!

Have a colon-load of photos to add to flickr from the laptop as soon as I get home tonight.In the meantime, here's a blurry photo of Daisy Mae on her sparkly nest (homemade tutu for October's half-marathon).

She might let me borrow it for a few hours. I'll be the one on the trail shedding sparkles and cat hair that day.

catmandu:Is there some way to make sure that you get Juno's voting page when you lick the link? I got JaceyAnne.

// voted for Juno

To the right of where it says "See the Funniest Cats" there's a box that says "Search Name or Keyword". Put Juno in there and it will take you straight to her. I'm not seeing an option to make it automatically go to Juno's page, but I'm blind as a bat so I may have missed it if there was.

Snuffybud:I voted too! I'll keep on voting as long as this is open, I appreciate what you two do for kitties!

Now for my feel good kitty story. About a week ago my ex wrote me (we get along fine, we had lots of kitties together, she gave Snuffy his name) about a cat that she was feeding. This cat was trying to get into her apartment, it was obviously looking for more than just the food she was putting out for it. She was wondering if I knew of anyone who might want a cat (hint hint - me). She said she couldn't afford it and she wondered how it would do with her cat. I hated to tell her that I didn't and we couldn't, especially us as our four are just settling back into the routine after Sammy passed earlier this year. Well, she wrote back this week. She'd taken the cat in and taken it to the vets. Turns out the cat was chipped! Kiki cat has been missing since December! He (she?) was reunited with his family after all this time! To get to my ex's apartment from where he came from (turns out they live on the same street we did right after we got married) meant crossing railroad tracks, a good sized creek and a couple of very busy roads. My lesson from this story? Jack, Cisco and Desi have an appointment to get chipped tomorrow afternoon!

Yay! So happy to hear that Kiki got back with his/her family. Our Tilly was chipped even though she was a 100% inside cat due to her disabilty.

Jack and Gremie aren't talking to me tonite. I put my new air conditioner in today, that means I put Gremie in the bathroom with the door closed because the window was open and I didn't want him sneaking out when my back was turned. Jack got put outside because he likes to help. He tends to get in the way while trying to look over my shoulder while I'm working on things. Gremie doesn't like the new a/c because it sits almost flush with the window and he can't sit on it to look out the top window or moon the dog next door. Jack is thrilled we have air again but he's still mad that he couldn't help put it in.

Bathia_Mapes:Snuffybud: I voted too! I'll keep on voting as long as this is open, I appreciate what you two do for kitties!

Now for my feel good kitty story. About a week ago my ex wrote me (we get along fine, we had lots of kitties together, she gave Snuffy his name) about a cat that she was feeding. This cat was trying to get into her apartment, it was obviously looking for more than just the food she was putting out for it. She was wondering if I knew of anyone who might want a cat (hint hint - me). She said she couldn't afford it and she wondered how it would do with her cat. I hated to tell her that I didn't and we couldn't, especially us as our four are just settling back into the routine after Sammy passed earlier this year. Well, she wrote back this week. She'd taken the cat in and taken it to the vets. Turns out the cat was chipped! Kiki cat has been missing since December! He (she?) was reunited with his family after all this time! To get to my ex's apartment from where he came from (turns out they live on the same street we did right after we got married) meant crossing railroad tracks, a good sized creek and a couple of very busy roads. My lesson from this story? Jack, Cisco and Desi have an appointment to get chipped tomorrow afternoon!

Yay! So happy to hear that Kiki got back with his/her family. Our Tilly was chipped even though she was a 100% inside cat due to her disabilty.

These 3 are inside cats but I'm worried about an escape. Jack got out twice this winter (I was out there in my bathrobe and bare feet chasing him!) and Desi could easily fly right out an open door. Snuffy at least knows where he lives, but he's going to get chipped the next time he's due at the vet's (he's out of sync with the others), the young ones wouldn't have a clue if they got out and got away.

Later this evening I'm going to check my Paypal account and send off a little sump'n sump'n for LittleMews.Why don't we all do this this weekend? (even if it's a single dollar...I triple dog dare you!)

Sent LittleMews the threatened/promised cheque mayhap last week. Need to shuffle more bux twixt my credit onion accts to give again. More activity from chequing for charitable than for the business it was established for, I swear.Also go back to votie, daily, having been advised of the, ahem,Challenges involved in doing so.